Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), supported by evidence

Visual Texts
Teachers will need to check the Censor’s rating for the following texts to ensure the follow the law. This web address will help:
www. Censorship.govt.nz/DDA/Pages/Screens/DDA/DecisionSearchCriteriaPage.aspx

Text Title	Text Author	Comment
Amadeus
American Beauty
American History X
An Education
Apocalypse Now
Atonement
Babel
Blood Diamonds (R16)
Cabaret (R16)
Capote
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Crash (R16)
Dead Man Walking
Defiance (R16)
Emma
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Fahrenheit 911
Fracture
Gattaca
Gladiator
Heavenly Creatures
Homelands (TV Series)
Infamous
In My Father’s Den (R16)
Jane Eyre
Little Miss Sunshine
Memento
Midnight in Paris
Mr Pip
North Country
Pan’s Labyrinth
O Brother Where Art Thou
Once Were Warriors
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Othello
Out of the Blue (R15)
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pleasantville
Pride and Prejudice
Psycho
Rain
Regeneration
Scarfies
Sense and Sensibility
Summer Heights High (Mockumentary series)
Sylvia
The Bourne Identity
The Color Purple
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – in original form (with subtitles)
The Godfather (R16)
The Hours
The Human Centipede
The Hurt Locker (R16)
The Kite Runner
The Last King of Scotland (R16)
The Lives of Others
The Lovely Bones
The King’s Speech
The Quiet American
The Piano
The Pianist
The Reader
The Station Agent
There Will Be Blood
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